BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPHIC PRINT OF PEN AND INK SKETCH. IMAGE IS OF WOMAN WEARING STETSON, RIDING HORSE. SUN IS BREAKING THROUGH CLOUDS; LARGE HERD OF CATTLE IN BACKGROUND. BOTTOM OF PRINT IS CREASED; SMALL TEAR NEAR CENTRE OF UPPER EDGE.

*UPDATE* IN 2014 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT JANE EDMUNDSON CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF ART OBJECTS, INCLUDING THE VARIOUS DONATIONS PERTAINING TO EDWARD FREDERICK HAGELL. SEE RECORD P19960053001 FOR AN EXTENDED BIOGRAPHY OF THE ARTIST; SEE PERMANENT FILES P19960053001, P20040009001, P20060027001, P20070008001, AND P20070012001 FOR NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS, DETAILS ON PAST GALT DIRECTOR/CURATOR WILMA WOOD'S BOOK ON THE ARTIST, AND CORRESPONDENCE WITH THE HAGELL FAMILY.

HAND DRAWN INK SKETCH OF 1913 POST OFFICE IN WOOD FRAME. FRAME IS FANCY BEVELED PIECES WITH DOVE TAIL JOINTS. WOOD HAS SCROLL WORK CARVED INTO ITS SURFACE WITH GOLD PAINTING OVER WHITE. FRAME HAS BLACK MATTING AND FLAT GLASS PANE. SKETCH IS OF 1913 POST OFFICE IN LETHBRIDGE. HAS MAPLE LEAF CANADIAN FLAG. IN BOTTOM LEFT HAND CORNER IS ARTIST'S SIGNATURE "JERRY ARNOLD". EDGES AND CORNERS OF FRAME ARE WORN.

SKETCH WAS DRAWN FOR USE BY THE CITY OF LETHBRIDGE.
*UPDATE* IN 2014 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT JANE EDMUNDSON CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF ART OBJECTS. THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION ON THE ARTIST, JERRY ARNOLD, WAS COMPILED FROM WEB SOURCES INCLUDING DOWNTOWNLETHBRIDGE.COM AND SOUTHERNALBERTA.COM. JERRY ARNOLD HAS WORKED AS A PROFESSIONAL ARTIST FOR MUCH OF HIS ADULT LIFE. IN 1994 HE OPENED THE JERRY ARNOLD GALLERY AND CUSTOM FRAMING BUSINESS ON 3RD AVENUE SOUTH. THE GALLERY SHOWCASES A VARIETY OF CONTEMPORARY CANADIAN LANDSCAPE AND WILDLIFE ART, AS WELL AS A COLLECTION OF INUIT SCULPTURE. ARNOLD WORKS FROM HIS STUDIO, LOCATED IN THE GALLERY.

BROWN, WOOD FRAME. GREEN MATTE; HAS SOME STAINS ON IT. BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPH OF EARLY LETHBRIDGE. VISIBLE ARE GALT GARDENS, SOME STORES -INCLUDING J.H. CAVANAH - AND HORSES AND BUGGIES. ON BOTTOM RIGHT HAND CORNER OF GLASS IS A CLEAR PLASTIC TAG WITH "40" EMBOSSED ON IT. "295 CHINOOK CLUB" IS WRITTEN ON BACK IN BLACK FELT MARKER. TWO WIRES ARE ATTACHED TO TWO METAL HOOKS ON BACK OF FRAME.

BROWN AND GOLD WOOD FRAME. OFF-WHITE MATTE. BLACK AND WHITE PHOTGRAPH OF A LETHBRIDGE STREET. PART OF GALT GARDENS, AND A NUMBER OF BUSINESSES ARE VISIBLE - INCLUDING "A. SOUTHARD", "G.L. VROOMAN", "E.J. HILL", AND "LETHBRIDGE CO-OPERATIVE ASSOCIATION LIMITED". WRITTEN IN TOP LEFT HAND CORNER OF PHOTO IS "LETHBRIDGE ALBERTA". IN BOTTOM RIGHT HAND CORNER OF GLASS IS A GREEN PLASTIC TAG, EMBOSSED WITH "1987.564". "296" IS WRITTEN ON BACK IN BLACK FELT MARKER. THERE IS ALSO A LABEL ON THE BACK THAT READS "PROPERTY OF CHINOOK CLUB LETHBRIDGE NO.17". ALSO TWO WIRES ATTACHED TO HOOKS ON BACK.

BROWN, WOOD FRAME. YELLOW-BEIGE COLOURED MATTE. WRITTEN ON MATTE IS "LETHBRIDGE FIRE CO.1895" FOLLOWED BY THREE ROWS OF NAMES. UNDER EACH NAME IS A NUMBER WRITTEN IN PENCIL. THE PHOTOGRAPH IS A BLACK AND WHITE OF A GROUP OF MEN POSITIONED IN THREE ROWS. THEY ARE STANDING IN FRONT OF A BRICK BUILDING - FIRE HALL. "309" IS WRITTEN ON BACK OF FRAME IN BLACK FELT MARKER. THERE IS ALSO A BLUE LABEL ON THE BACK WITH A RED CROSS AND BEIGE PRINT. TWO WIRES ARE ATTACHED TO TWO METAL HOOKS ON THE BACK. THERE IS ALSO A CURTAIN HOOK ON ONE OF THE WIRES.

RECTANGULAR. THE FRONT OF THE TAG IS YELLOW AND OFF-WHITE, WITH GOLD AND RED ON TWO SIDES. THERE ARE ALSO THREE CANDY CANES HOLDING FOUR WREATHS ON THE FRONT OF THE TAG. ABOVE THIS IS THE WORD "GREETINGS" IN BLACK. WRITTEN IN THE OFF-WHITE AREA IN BLUE PEN IS "MOTHER". STUCK TO THE BOTTOM, RIGHT HAND CORNER IS A STICKER OF A RED, GREEN, YELLOW, AND GOLD POINSETTIA. ON THE BACK OF THE TAG WRITTEN IN BLUE PEN IS "WISHING YOU A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM SHEILA". THERE IS A ROUND HOLE THROUGH ONE SIDE OF THE TAG.

HAND COLORED PHOTOGRAPH OF WOMAN SITTING AT DESK READING. PHOTOGRAPH IS ON A CERAMIC PLATE. PLATE IS CHIPPED IN BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER & SMALLER CHIP BOTTOM LEFT CORNER. IMAGE IS VERY FADED. PAPER BACKING. SEE CONSERVATION REPORT.
MISHAP ON 5 NOVEMBER 2003 RESULTED IN DAMAGE TO THREE OF THE CERAMIC PLATE'S CORNERS. MOST SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE WAS TO TOP AND BOTTOM RIGHT CORNERS. EVIDENCE OF DAMAGE ADDITIONALLY TO BOTTOM LEFT CORNER. SEE INCIDENT REPORT ATTACHED TO HARDCOPY FOR DETAILS. ARTIFACT WAS FOUND WITH A LARGE CRACK THROUGH ITS CENTRE ON 11 MAY 2006 BY A VOLUNTEER DURING THE UNPACKING OF THE PERMANENT COLLECTION.

DONOR SAYS PHOTOGRAPH PRESENTED TO HIS FAMILY FROM BARONESS COUTTS AT TURN OF CENTURY.
*UPDATE* IN 2015 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT JANE EDMUNDSON CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF ART OBJECTS. THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION ABOUT THE DONOR, DICK COOK, WAS FOUND IN HIS LETHBRIDGE HERALD OBITUARY. AUSTIN DICK COOK WAS BORN IN 1922 TO CHARLES AND MARJORY COOK OF LETHBRIDGE. HE ENLISTED IN THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE AFTER HIGH SCHOOL AND PILOTED HALIFAX AND LANCASTER HEAVY BOMBERS ON 22 MISSIONS IN EUROPE. AFTER THE WAR COOK STUDIED AGRICULTURE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA AND, RETURNING TO LETHBRIDGE IN 1955, WORKED FOR THE CIVIL SERVICE OF CANADA IN VETERANS LAND ADMINISTRATION AND SOCIAL ASSISTANCE AND OLD AGE PENSION DEPARTMENTS. HE EARNED THE RANK OF MAJOR IN THE ARTILLERY RESERVES AND WAS ACTIVE IN THE AIR FORCE ASSOCIATION. COOK WAS MARRIED TWICE AND HAD THREE SONS. HE DIED ON MARCH 26, 2006.
SEE PERMANENT FILE FOR HARDCOPY OF COOK'S OBITUARY.
LIMITED INFORMATION WAS FOUND ON DICK COOK'S PARENTS, CHARLES WILLIAM AND MARJORY, AND NO CONNECTION BETWEEN THE FAMILY AND THE BARONESS BURDETT-COUTTS WAS MADE. ACCORDING TO AN ANNOUNCEMENT IN THE APRIL 29, 1963 ISSUE OF THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD, CHARLES COOK DIED THAT MONTH AT THE AGE OF 75 - NO OCCUPATION IS LISTED, AND NO OBITUARY FOR MARJORY WAS FOUND.
THE FOLLOWING BIOGRAPHY OF THE SUBJECT OF THE PHOTOGRAPH ON THIS ARTIFACT WAS DEVELOPED WITH INFORMATION FROM THE WEBSITE OF THE GALT HISTORIC RAILWAY PARK, AND THE NOTABLE NAMES DATABASE ONLINE. ANGELA GEORGINA BURDETT-COUTTS WAS BORN IN LONDON IN 1814, THE DAUGHTER OF SIR FRANCIS BURDETT, A MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT, AND SOPHIA COUTTS, DAUGHTER OF WEALTHY BANKER THOMAS COUTTS. AT AGE 23 ANGELA CAME INTO AN ANNUAL INCOME OF $400,000, AND REFUSED NUMEROUS OFFERS OF MARRIAGE, DEVOTING HERSELF TO PHILANTHROPY. SHE FUNDED NUERMOUS CHURCHES, SCHOOLS, HOUSING PROJECTS, RELIEF FUNDS FOR REFUGEES, AND ESTABLISHED ENGLAND'S NATIONAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF THE CRUELTY TO CHILDREN IN 1883 AND THE ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS. BURDETT-COUTTS WAS RECOGNIZED BY QUEEN VICTORIA FOR HER BENEVOLENCE AND GIVEN THE TITLE BARONESS OF HIGHGATE AND BROOKFIELD, MIDDLESEX IN 1871. IN 1883 SHE MARRIED HER PERSONAL SECRETARY, AMERICAN WILLIAM ASHMEAD-BARTLETT, WHO WAS 40 YEARS HER JUNIOR. WILLIAM TOOK ON HER LAST NAME AND INVESTED HER MONEY INTO THE NEW BUSINESS VENTURE OF THEIR SOCIETY FRIEND AND CANADAN'S HIGH COMMISSIONER TO ENGLAND, SIR ALEXANDER GALT. WILLIAM PARTNERED IN GALT'S NORTHWEST COAL & NAVIGATION COMPANY, AND HE AND THE BARONESS WERE COMMEMORATED IN THE NAMING OF VILLAGES, VESSELS, AND STREETS THROUGHOUT SOUTHERN ALBERTA, THOUGH NEITHER EVER TRAVELLED TO CANADA. THE BARONESS LIVED TO THE AGE OF 92, DYING OF BRONCHITIS IN LONDON IN 1906. SHE IS BURIED IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY.
SEE PERMANENT FILE FOR HARDCOPIES OF SOURCE MATERIALS.

THE FOLLOWING BIOGRAPHY OF THE ARTIST, JESSIE REDD URSENBACH, WAS DEVELOPED WITH INFORMATION PROVIDED BY RUTH DAW, DONOR OF OTHER WORKS BY URSENBACH TO THE GALT MUSEUM, AND THE REDD-URSENBACH FAMILY HISTORY COMPILED BY EPHRAIM HATCH, JESSIE URSENBACH’S SON-IN-LAW. JESSIE REDD WAS BORN IN NEW HARMONY, UTAH ON AUGUST 15, 1895, TO WILLIAM AND VERENA BRYNER REDD. SHE LIVED IN UTAH UNTIL 1905, WHEN THE REDD FAMILY MOVED TO CANADA. JESSIE WAS EDUCATED IN RAYMOND, GRADUATING FROM THE KNIGHT ACADEMY IN 1912. SHE ATTENDED SUMMER SESSIONS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA & THE ALBERTA NORMAL SCHOOL IN CALGARY, AND TAUGHT ART IN SCHOOLS IN RAYMOND, CARDSTON, AND GLENWOOD. JESSIE REDD MARRIED OCTAVE WILLI URSENBACH ON FEBRUARY 21, 1918, AND THEY RAISED FIVE CHILDREN – VERENA, WAYNE, CARMEN, GERALD, AND MARILYN. THE FAMILY LIVED IN LETHBRIDGE WHERE OCTAVE WORKED AT ELLISON MILLING CO. JESSIE WAS A FOUNDING MEMBER OF THE LETHBRIDGE SKETCH CLUB & HANDLED CLUB PUBLICITY FOR MANY YEARS. SHE ATTENDED THE BANFF SCHOOL OF FINE ARTS IN THE SUMMER OF 1937 ON A SCHOLARSHIP, AND CONTINUED PAINTING PROLIFICALLY FOR THE NEXT 11 YEARS UNDER THE DIRECTION OF PROFESSOR H.G. GLYDE. JESSIE ALSO RECEIVED ART TRAINING UNDER A.Y. JACKSON (GROUP OF SEVEN ARTIST), AND STUDIED AT THE ONTARIO COLLEGE OF ART IN TORONTO, STUDYING MODERN ART UNDER RODY COURTICES (THOUGH SHE PREFFERED THE MORE TRADITIONAL STYLES OF LANDSCAPE AND STILL LIFE). SHE WAS AFFILIATED WITH THE CANADIAN FEDERATION OF ARTISTS UNDER WHICH SHE EXHIBITED FROM COAST TO COAST, INCLUDING IN NEW YORK CITY AND CALIFORNIA. JESSIE TUTORED A LARGE CLASS OF PRIVATE PUPILS IN LETHBRIDGE FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS UNTIL SHE BEGAN THE VOCATION OF MATRON AT THE LATTER DAY SAINTS TEMPLE IN CARDSTON. JESSIE REDD URSENBACH DIED ON MAY 11, 1987.
IN 1985, JESSIE URSENBACH WAS RECORDED LOOKING THROUGH THIS ALBUM ON VIDEO. AT THAT TIME, SHE PROVIDED ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT MANY OF THE INDIVIDUAL WORKS OF ART, INCLUDING MEMORIES ABOUT HER LIFE DURING THE TIME OF THEIR PRODUCTION. THE FOLLOWING TRANSCRIPT EXCERPTS ARE ORDERED WITH THE CATALOGUE NUMBERS OF THE ARTWORKS TO WHICH THEY PERTAIN. ONLY THE ARTWORKS TO WHICH URSENBACH DIRECTLY REFERRED ARE LISTED.
URSENBACH SAID: “THERE ARE SOME THAT I HAVE KEPT, AND SOME I WANTED TO KEEP, AND DON’T WANT TO DISPOSE OF, SO WE’LL JUST GO THROUGH THEM AND TELL YOU WHAT THEY ARE. SOME OF MY BETTER PAINTINGS I’LL SHOW YOU LATER ON.”
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“THESE ARE SOME OF THE EARLY PAINTINGS THAT I DID WHEN I WAS VERY YOUNG. MY FIRST ATTEMPT AT LANDSCAPE, AT THE TOP. ONE SUNDAY AFTERNOON I - ONE OF THE SUNDAY AFTERNOON PAINTINGS I DID WHEN I WAS VERY YOUNG. THESE WERE DONE AT THE KNIGHT ACADEMY…”
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“THIS IS A PAINTING I GAVE OCTAVE BEFORE I MARRIED HIM. HE WANTED ONE OF MY PAINTINGS AND I GAVE THIS TO HIM. I DON’T THINK I’D CALL IT A VERY BEAUTIFUL ONE NOW, BUT IT WAS THE BEST I HAD AT THAT TIME, AND I THOUGHT IT WAS THE BEST I HAD, AND HE SHOULD HAVE THE BEST. AFTER I WAS MARRIED, HE GAVE IT BACK TO ME AND I PUT IT IN MY SCRAPBOOK SO I COULD KEEP IT.”
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“THIS SPEAKS FOR ITSELF. THAT IS ONE I DID AT THE KNIGHT ACADEMY… [IT DEPICTS] THE CASTLE OF CHILLON.”
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“THESE ARE PICTURES I DID AT NORMAL SCHOOL UNDER MR. HUTTON. THIS ONE [P20130022000.10] SPEAKS FOR ITSELF. AND THIS ONE [P20130022000.8], THEY WERE COPIES OF SOMETHING.”
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“THESE ARE SOME I DID UNDER MISS KIRK, MY FIRST TEACHER. THEY WERE ALL COPIES – ALL COPIES FROM HER. I THOUGHT THIS [P20130022000.12] WAS AN EXCELLENT ONE. I WAS SO PROUD OF THAT, BUT IT’S A COPY, AND I NEVER FELT LIKE IT WAS MINE. THEY ARE ALL COPIES.”
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“THESE ARE SOME OF THE FIRST PICTURES I DID THE FIRST TRIP TO BANFF WHEN I HAD NEVER DONE PAINTING OUTSIDE BEFORE - AND THESE WERE SCENES THERE. I DON’T THINK THERE ARE ANY PARTICULAR SCENES. THIS [P20130022000.23] WAS GINGER ROGERS’S SPECIAL TRAIN, I REMEMBER.”
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“THESE ARE SOME MORE OF BANFF.”
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“THIS [P20130022000.28] IS AUNT VILA SNOW’S PAINTING, AND THIS [P20130022000.29] IS THE TEMPLE THAT MR. CROSS DID – AND HE ADMITTED THAT HE COULDN’T DRAW OUR TEMPLE, BUT AFTER HE DIED, HIS MANAGER GAVE THESE TO ME, AND SAID THAT HE THOUGHT MR. CROSS WOULD LIKE ME TO FINISH THEM – BUT I WOULDN’T TOUCH THEM – BUT I’M GLAD TO HAVE THEM.”
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“THIS IS A COPY FROM MISS KIRK.”
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“THE APPLES [P20130022000.31], I DID WHEN MY HUSBAND WASN’T WELL. HE WAS JUST RECOVERING FROM A SINUS OPERATION. HE SAID I COULDN’T DO THAT PAPER SACK, SO I HAD TO DO IT TO SHOW HIM THAT I COULD. THE OTHER ROSES [P20130022000.32] WERE SOME FROM THE FLORIST.”
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“THIS IS ANOTHER MISS KIRK COPY.”
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“AND THESE ARE THE FIRST GLADIOLAS THAT I PAINTED. YOU’LL SEE SOME OF THE LATER ONES AND SEE IF I IMPROVED.”
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“THE FIRST PEONIES I EVER DID. THEY WERE FROM A STAKE CONFERENCE, AND AFTER THE CONFERENCE WAS OVER, I TOOK THEM HOME AND STAYED UP ALL NIGHT TO DO THEM.”
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“[T]HIS IS WAYNE, LISTENING TO THE LONE RANGER.”
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“THESE ARE SOME OF THE FIRST AT BANFF. THIS ONE [P20130022000.39] IS AUNT LAURA’S – IT’S SUPPOSED TO BE ME, SITTING THERE.”
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“THESE ARE OTHERS OF BANFF. THIS [P20130022000.42] IS BOW LAKE.”
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THAT IS BOW FALLS. OCTAVE WANTED A PICTURE.”
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“THIS IS UP ON THE MOUNTAINSIDE. THEY HAVE LANDSCAPED THE WHOLE MOUNTAIN SIDE, BACK OF THE ADMINISTRATION BUILDING. SOME OF YOU MAY HAVE BEEN THERE.”
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“THIS IS ANOTHER ONE I DID AT NORMAL SCHOOL.”
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“THIS IS OUR NEIGHBOUR’S WEDDING BOUQUET”
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“[T]HIS IS MY SILVER WEDDING FLOWERS, AND THE CARD IS FROM DORENNA.”
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“THESE ARE OTHER STILL LIFES THAT I’VE DONE FOR FRIENDS.”
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“THIS IS ONE OF THE LETTERS FROM MR. LEIGHTON AFTER HE CAME OUT…”
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“THIS ONE I DID WHEN OCTAVE WAS IN THE HOSPITAL.”
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“THE OTHERS ARE SKETCH CLUB.”
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“I DID THIS WHEN MY CHILDREN WERE IN THE HOSPITAL WHEN THEY HAD THEIR TONSILS OUT. I DID IT FROM THE WINDOW.”
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“THESE ARE SKETCH CLUB.”
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“THIS IS ANOTHER ONE THAT I COPIED TO GET THE TECHNIQUE.”
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“THIS IS MY SECOND ATTEMPT AT GLADIOLAS.”
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“THAT’S DAD”
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“THIS IS NYON, FRANCE”
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“… AND MARILYN”
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“THIS IS DAD AGAIN.”
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“THIS IS MARILYN.”
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“I DID THIS DURING THE WAR. IT WAS A PENCIL SKETCH. MARGIE GAVE ME THE SAD LITTLE DOG. HER HUSBAND WAS OVERSEAS AND THE LETTERS AND THE PAPER AND EVERYTHING TELL ABOUT THE WAR. I WAS AFRAID SHE’D SEE IT AND BE HURT, SO I KEPT IT A LONG TIME AWAY FROM ANYONE.”
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“I DID THIS AT NORMAL SCHOOL.”
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“THESE ARE FLOWERS FROM PRESIDENT GEORGE ALBERT SMITH’S FUNERAL ARRAY.”
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“THIS WAS AT JACK MINOR BIRD SANCTUARY. BROTHER OSCAR KIRKHAM WAS WITH US. AND WE CAME OUT - THIS WAS ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE SANCTUARY – AND HE SAID “I’LL SNITCH THE FLOWER – THE HIBISCUS – IF YOU PAINT IT.” SO, HE PICKED THE FLOWER AND I PAINTED ONE FOR HIM AND ONE FOR ME.”
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“THAT WAS FROM MY BACKYARD.”
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“THIS IS MY ATTEMPT AT MODERN ART. WHEN I WAS IN TORONTO I THOUGHT MAYBE I’D BETTER SEE WHAT IT WAS ALL ABOUT. I NEVER LIKED IT, AND I WAS FORTUNATE WITH THE HELP OF A FRIEND TO GET INTO RODY COURTICE’S CLASSES. SHE’S THE TEACHER OF A.Y.JACKSON AND LAWREN HARRIS, THE GROUP OF SEVEN.”
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“THIS I DID AT THE ONTARIO SCHOOL OF ART UNDER MR. CHANDLER.”
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“…JUST ODDS AND ENDS.”
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“THIS IS THE EXPERIMENTAL FARM IN OTTAWA.”
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“THIS IS ONTARIO COUNTRYSIDE.”
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“THE TOP ONE IS A PAINTING THAT WAYNE DID AND SENT ME FOR MOTHER’S DAY. I WAS SO DELIGHTED AND APPRECIATED IT SO MUCH, AND I THINK HE DID VERY WELL FOR NEVER HAVING HAD A LESSON AT THAT TIME.”
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“THIS IS SOME FLOWERS THAT WERE GIVEN TO ME WHEN I WROTE A PAGEANT FOR THE RELIEF SOCIETY. THE PAGEANT WAS WOMEN AND DESTINY. I PLAYED IT IN LETHBRIDGE, AND THEN I PLAYED IT TO ALL THE WOMEN IN MISSION, AND IT WAS A GREAT SUCCESS IN BOTH PLACES, AND THESE ARE THE FLOWERS THEY PRESENTED ME WITH.”
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“THIS IS THE BOATHOUSE AT BANFF”
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“[T]HIS IS THE BEAVER DAMS AT BANFF.”
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“THESE ARE FLOWERS GIVEN TO ME BY A MAN WHO WAS NOT A MEMBER OF THE CHURCH WHO WAS A FRIEND OF OURS, AND WHO LATER BEQUEATHED ALL OF HIS PROPERTY TO THE CHURCH, AND, BY THE WAY, HE LEFT ME AS ADMINISTRATOR. I HAD TO TURN IT OVER TO THE PRIESTHOOD, BUT THAT WAS HIS FLOWER GARDEN. THE ESTATE AMOUNTED TO SEVERAL MILLION DOLLARS.”
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“THIS I DID UNDER MISS KIRK”
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“[T]HIS WAS A DEMONSTRATION AT A YOUTH CONFERENCE IN EDMONTON. I DID THIS UP BEFORE THE CLASS JUST TO SHOW THEM HOW TO PUT THE COLOUR ON. THERE WERE ABOUT 500 YOUNG PEOPLE WATCHING ME.
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“THIS WAS MY FIRST ATTEMPT AT PALETTE KNIFE”
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“[T]HIS IS PETERBOROUGH, BY THE GREAT LIFT…”
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“THESE WERE JUST MINUTES – I THINK 3 MINUTES OR 5 MINUTES. WE HAD TO DO THOSE QUICKLY, UNDER BART PRAGNELL. HE WAS A MAN WHO PAINTED FOR SEVERAL WORLD FAIRS AND WAS VERY GOOD. WE HAD SOME GOOD INSTRUCTION FROM HIM.”
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“THIS IS ANOTHER OF MR. CROSS’ – CAMERON FALLS. HIS MANAGER WANTED ME TO FINISH IT VERY BADLY, BUT I COULDN’T SEE TOUCHING SOMEBODY ELSE’S WORK. MR. CROSS WAS VERY GOOD, I THOUGHT. HE DID A LOT FOR ME.”
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“THAT’S THE ENTRANCE TO THE SACRED GROVE. WHEN I PAINTED THAT, THERE WERE ABOUT 1000 PEOPLE MILLING ABOUT, AND I HAD TO DODGE AROUND THEM TO GET THE - BUT, THAT’S THE ENTRANCE WHERE YOU GO IN.”
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“[T]HIS IS THE BARBECUE SITE FOR THE BOYS, AND FATHERS, AND SONS… THEY WERE ALL VERY EXCITED ABOUT ME PAINTING. THEY ALL WANTED THE PICTURE WHEN IT WAS FINISHED, BUT I DIDN’T FINISH IT THERE. I DIDN’T FINISH IT FOR QUITE AWHILE AFTER.”
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“THESE ARE FLOWERS FROM THE ARIZONA TEMPLE GROUNDS. SUSIE BUTLER HAD THE BOUQUET IN HER HOUSE, AND I STAYED WITH HER WHEN I WENT TO MEXICO IN 1950.”
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“THIS WAS AN ASSIGNMENT FOR A SAD CLOWN. WE HAD NOTHING TO LOOK AT. THIS WAS MY SAD CLOWN.”
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“[THESE WERE] ANOTHER ATTEMPT AT MODERN ART FROM MR. PRAGNELL. THERE ARE SEVERAL SHEETS OF THIS – WE’LL JUST GO OVER THEM HURRIEDLY. THEY ALL REPRESENT SOMETHING. HE WANTED ME TO DO THIS [P20130022000.124] IN BIG OIL BUT I NEVER DID. I CAN’T REMEMBER NOW – I SHOULD HAVE WRITTEN DOWN WHAT THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO BE. THESE [P20130022000.123, P20130022000.125] WERE EXERCISES FOR SEEING WHICH COLOURS CAME OUT, AND WHICH ONES RECEDED. BY LOOKING AT THEM YOU COULD TELL WHICH COLOURS TO USE IN THE FOREGROUND AND IN THE MIDDLE DISTANCE, AND IN THE DISTANCE. THEY WERE VERY USEFUL. THIS [P20130022000.129] IS AN EXERCISE IN POINTILLISM, A STILL LIFE. I DID THIS UNDER MR. PRAGNELL, TOO. THESE [P20130022000.131, P20130022000.132] WERE MARVELOUS QUICK SKETCHES. WE HAD TO DO THEM IN JUST A FEW MINUTES. CANADIAN SKIES THAT WE’RE ACQUAINTED WITH – THAT IS A CHINOOK ARCH. THIS [P20130022000.137] IS A STUDY IN TEXTURES, AND [P20130022000.136] WAS SUPPOSED TO BE LIKE WALT DISNEY.”
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“THESE ARE SKETCH CLUB.”
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“THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO START THE ROAD TO RESTORATION FROM THE SACRED GROVE BUT I NEVER FINISHED IT. CAN’T TELL WHAT IT IS NOW.”
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“THAT’S A WOMAN.”
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“THESE ARE FROM BANFF THE FIRST TIME I WAS THERE. THIS [P20130022000.142] IS THE SPRAY LAKES – SPRAY RIVER. THE BLACK AND WHITE [P20130022000.143]. I ALWAYS LIKED TREES THAT ARE …FOR THEIR LIFE AND STILL ARE PRETTY.”
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“THIS IS A SKETCH I DID ON THE TRAIN GOING SOMEWHERE. THE TEACHER THOUGHT THAT WAS VERY GOOD.”
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“THE KNIGHT ACADEMY WAS A HIGH SCHOOL – A CHURCH HIGH SCHOOL. IT WAS ESTABLISHED IN RAYMOND. THEY USED TO BE ALL OVER THE CHURCH – AND THIS WAS MY DIPLOMA. I WAS ONE OF THE FIRST GRADUATES THERE AND I WAS VERY PROUD OF IT.”
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“THIS IS A PICTURE OF OCTAVE DONE BY ROMAN ANDRUS. OCTAVE STARTED THE FIRST EDUCATION WEEK IN CANADA, AND BROTHER ANDRUS AND BROTHER ERROL … AND THEIR WIVES STAYED WITH ME FOR A WEEK, AND I WENT TO EVERY CLASS – AND HE DID THIS WITH OCTAVE.”
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“THIS [P20130022000.148, .149, AND .150] IS MARILYN, ASLEEP, AND [P20130022000.147] KURT, HER SON.”
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“THIS IS ROCH CHRISTENSEN. YOU SEE HIS DRAWINGS IN THE CHURCH MAGAZINE – SOME OF THEM.”
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“THAT’S A CHARCOAL AND WATERCOLOUR.”
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“THIS [P20130022000.153] IS A PRAIRIE – I THINK THIS IS THE COULEES OUT OF LETHBRIDGE, AND THIS [P20130022000.154] IS ON THE KANANASKIS. I WAS GIVING MAUREEN BEECHER A PAINTING LESSON WHEN I DID THAT.”
P20130022000.155-GA
“THIS I DID UNDER RODY COURTICE”
P20130022000.156-GA
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“…SOME LITTLE SKETCHES.”
P20130022000.158-GA
“THERE’S THE TEMPLE”
P20130022000.159-GA
“THIS IS A CHINESE MODEL WE HAD – A GAL THAT SAT FOR US AT THE SKETCH CLUB. NOT THAT THEY WERE SO GOOD THAT I’M KEEPING THEM BUT THEY BROUGHT BACK SO MANY HAPPY MEMORIES.”
P20130022000.160-GA
“[THIS IS] THE SAME.”
P20130022000.161-GA
“THIS IS AN OLD LADY KNITTING. YOU CAN HARDLY SEE HER – SHE’S ABOUT FADED OUT.”
P20130022000.162-GA
“THIS IS GERALDINE PANKHURST. SOME OF YOU REMEMBER HER. I DID THAT UNDER MR. PHILLIPS – MR. WALTER PHILLIPS.”
P20130022000.163-GA
“THIS IS A SECOND ATTEMPT AT PALETTE KNIFE.”
P20130022000.164-GA
“THIS IS A TREE ACROSS THE STREET FROM MY HOME. I HAD SUCH A LARGE ART CLASS AND I WAS DEMONSTRATING HOW TO PICK A TREE OUT OF ALL THE HOUSES AND THINGS THAT WERE AROUND, AND MAKE A PICTURE OF IT.”
P20130022000.166-GA
“ONE OF MY PUPILS, JOSEPHINE ALLRED, DID THIS.”
P20130022000.167-GA
“AND THIS WAS WATERTON – THIS WAS THE GOLF COURSE WAY BACK IN ’24-25. OCTAVE HAD HAD A BREAKDOWN, AND WE TOOK HIM TO WATERTON, PAUL AND GRACE AND I, AND THIS WAS THE GOLF COURSE THAT I PAINTED AT THAT TIME.”
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P20130022000.169-GA
“THESE ARE SOME OF THE MANY FLOWERS THAT MY CHILDREN GOT FOR ME SO I HAD SOMETHING TO PAINT. THEY WERE ALWAYS TESTING ME TO SEE WHAT I COULD PAINT.”
P20130022000.170-GA
“HERE’S MY LAST PICTURE OF STOOKS. I PAINTED A GOOD MANY STOOKS, BUT THERE AREN’T MANY OF THEM LEFT.”
P20130022000.172-GA
“THIS WAS AT RED ROCK CANYON. I WAS GIVING SYLVIA A PAINTING LESSON WHEN I DID THAT. I THINK SYLVIA HAS ONE OF THAT SAME PLACE.”
P20130022000.174-GA
“WHEN WILL DIED, I CAME OUT TO HIS FUNERAL, AND THIS WAS ONE I DID ON THE TRAIN. I DIDN’T KNOW THAT PEOPLE DIDN’T TRAVEL ON NEW YEARS, AND I WAS THE ONLY ONE ON THE COACH, SO, I ASKED THE PORTER TO BRING ME SOME WATER IN A BOWL, AND HE DID, AND I PAINTED 10 LITTLE SKETCHES OUT THE WINDOW – WATCHING OUT THE WINDOW – AND THEY ALL SOLD BUT THIS ONE. IT WOULD HAVE SOLD, BUT I DIDN’T WANT THEM ALL TO GO - I WANTED TO KEEP ONE FOR THE COLOURING. THE COLOURING WAS SO LOVELY AND I LIKED IT.”
P20130022000.175-GA
“THIS IS PARK LAKE”
P20130022000.176-GA
“LAKE LUCERNE FROM OUR HOTEL WINDOW IN SWITZERLAND.”
P20130022000.177-GA
“CHUCK, AS A BABY.”
P20130022000.178-GA
“THIS IS THE PROGRAM FROM ONE OF OUR SKETCH SCHOOLS ONE SUMMER… MR. PHILLIPS CAME ONE SUMMER AND A.Y. JACKSON CAME ONE SUMMER, AND WE HAD SKETCH SCHOOL FOR 2 WEEKS AND HAD LOTS OF FUN. I’D TAKE MY CHILDREN ALONG WITH ME AND THEY’D PLAY OUT ON THE PRAIRIE. SOMETIMES THEY’D PAINT AND SOMETIMES THEY WOULDN’T.”
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P20130022000.183-GA
“THESE ARE HUMOROUS THINGS. THIS [P20130022000.182] IS A BLACK BLIZZARD. SOME OF YOU WILL REMEMBER BLACK BLIZZARDS. IT SAYS AT THE BOTTOM, “I ALWAYS LIKE TO GET MY HOUSE CLEANING DONE EARLY.” I JUST GOT MY HOUSE CLEANING DONE WHEN A BLACK BLIZZARD CAME…RUINED ALL MY EFFORTS – AND HERE’S ANOTHER ONE [P20130022000.183]. THEY’RE JUST COMICS.”
P20130022000.188-GA
“GOING TO CONFERENCE. THIS WAS PAINTED IN THE CAR, WHILE THE CAR WAS GOING.”
P20130022000.189-GA
“THIS WAS ONE OF UNCLE ROY’S PAINTINGS. HE TOOK [CLASSES] FROM MISS KIRK, TOO. YOU CAN TELL THAT HE WAS COPYING SIMILAR PICTURES TO WHAT I WAS COPYING.”
P20130022000.190-GA
P20130022000.191-GA
“THOSE ARE SOME OF THE FIRST BANFF PAINTINGS IN 1937.”
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“THIS IS INTERESTING. THIS [P20130022000.192] IS THE FIRST TIME I EVER ATTEMPTED TO DO MOUNTAINS OUTSIDE, AND THEY WERE SO BIG AND SO OVERPOWERING, I DIDN’T KNOW HOW TO DO THEM – AND THAT WAS THE RESULT. MR. G… CAME ALONG AND TOLD ME I SHOULD PUSH THE MOUNTAINS BACK AND MAKE THEM A LITTLE SMALLER – MAKE A BETTER PICTURE. THAT’S ALL THE INSTRUCTION HE GAVE ME. HE WENT AWAY AND I DID THIS ONE [P20130022000.193]. IT’S SUPPOSED TO BE THE SAME PICTURE.”
P20130022000.194-GA
“THAT’S A STILL LIFE. WE DID A LOT OF STILL LIFES. THEY ARE A VERY GOOD EXPERIENCE WHEN YOU ARE TRYING TO PAINT.”
P20130022000.195-GA
“IN TORONTO, WHEN I WAS TAKING UNDER MRS. COURTICE, WE HAD TO DO A STILL LIFE; WE HAD TO DO A PICTURE FOR HER OF ACTION. I WENT UP TO HYDE PARK WHERE THE FLAMINGOS ARE, AND DID THAT ONE. GOOD ONES CRITICIZED ME VERY MUCH BECAUSE I DIDN’T HAVE ONE OF THEM STANDING ON HIS HEAD AND LYING DOWN AND TREES TIPPED OVER – BUT SHE SAID, “YOU LEAVE HER ALONE,” BECAUSE THE FIRST THING SHE HAD ASKED ME TO PAINT, SHE HAD DUMPED A BIG BASKETFUL OF SOUVENIRS AND TRASH – EVERYTHING – JUST LOOKED LIKE SHE HAD CLEANED HER HOUSE AND THAT WAS ALL HER TRASH ON THE FLOOR, AND SAID, “START PAINTING.” I SAID “I DON’T WANT TO PAINT THIS.” SHE SAID, “WHY NOT?” I SAID, “BECAUSE I THINK THERE’S ENOUGH UGLINESS IN THE WORLD WITHOUT MY ADDING TO IT.” SHE LAUGHED AND THAT GOT HER ON MY SIDE, AND SHE TOOK MY PART EVER AFTER.”
P20130022000.197-GA
“THIS WAS ON THE WAY TO DENVER – ON THE WAY TO CARBONDALE, WHEN I WENT DOWN WHEN MARK WAS BORN, WHEN I WENT WITH LAURA AND VILA.”
P20130022000.198-GA
“THIS IS A STILL LIFE WE DID AT SKETCH CLUB.”
P20130022000.199-GA
“THIS IS FLATHEAD LAKE WHERE WE HAD A LOVELY FAMILY HOLIDAY ONE SUMMER…”
P20130022000.200-GA
“THIS IS KIRT’S PET DOG. HE WANTED ME TO PAINT IT AND I NEVER FINISHED IT. IT WAS A CUTE LITTLE PET DOG.”
P20130022000.201-GA
“THIS IS SOME FALL ASTERS THAT I HAD IN MY LIVING ROOM. THAT’S THE CORNER OF MY LIVING ROOM. I PAINTED THAT YEARS AND YEARS AGO.”
P20130022000.202-GA
“THIS IS RIVER BOTTOM IN LETHBRIDGE.”
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“THIS IS A PAINTING ON THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER WHEN I CAME UP FROM CARBONDALE, ON THE TRAIN. IT WAS A GLASS DOME-SHAPED TRAIN AND I PAINTED ALL THE WAY UP. THIS IS THE SUNRISE COMING UP OVER THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER SOMEWHERE ON THE TRAIN.”
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P20130022000.205-GA
P20130022000.206-GA
“THESE ARE THINGS I’VE DONE IN THE CAR. THIS [P20130022000.204] IS CYPRESS PARK HERE IN ALBERTA – DOWN IN SOUTHERN ALBERTA AND SASKATCHEWAN, BETWEEN THE TWO. I DID THAT FOR THE DISTANCE.”
P20130022000.207-GA
“THIS WAS ONTARIO COUNTRYSIDE.”
P20130022000.209-GA
P20130022000.210-GA
“THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR AT BANFF.”
P20130022000.212-GA
“THIS WAS IN ONTARIO. I THINK THESE WERE IN ONTARIO, WHEN I WENT BACK TO EXPO. THERE WERE SO MANY ELM TREES THAT GO UP LIKE AN UMBRELLA…”
P20130022000.213-GA
“THIS ONE IS PARICUTIN, IN MEXICO. WE WENT OUT TO SEE THAT IN 1950. WE GOT UP AT 2 O’CLOCK IN THE MORNING, AND THEY DRESSED US IN OVERALLS, A DENIM SHIRT, AND A BIG HAT, AND A PONCHO. WE EACH HAD TO RIDE A HORSE OUT ONTO THE LAVA BEDS WHICH COVERED 900 HOMES. AND, IN THE MORNING, WHEN WE SAW WHERE WE HAD RIDDEN, WE WERE TERRIFIED. WE WOULD NEVER HAVE TAKEN IT IF WE HAD KNOWN, BECAUSE THE HOT AIR WOULD SWOOSH AT US EVERY SO OFTEN AND WE COULD SEE THE RED HOT LAVA DOWN UNDERNEATH – AND WE COULD SEE THE SPIRES OF THE CHURCHES STICKING UP THROUGH THE LAVA. THEY TOLD US WE COULD GO DOWN INTO THE SPIRES AND CLIMB DOWN INTO THE CHURCHES IF WE WANTED TO, BUT WE DIDN’T WANT TO.”
P20130022000.214-GA
“THIS IS THE BRIDGE AT PINCHER CREEK – THE BIG DAM AT PINCHER CREEK.”
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“[AT] THE THOUSAND ISLANDS.”
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“THESE ARE JUST PRACTICE PICTURES OF THE OLD CHURCH ON 7TH AVENUE – THE CHURCH MOST OF YOU WENT TO WHEN YOU WERE YOUNG [LATER THE RED CROSS BUILDING]. THAT [P20130022000.217] WAS ONE OF THE SKETCH CLUB LADIES, MRS. SAGE. AND [P20130022000.216] THIS IS HER [GESTURES TO UMBRELLA] BUT WE HAD TO WEAR IT, IF IT WAS RAINY WEATHER.”
P20130022000.218-GA
“AN ANGEL FLOWER FROM MEXICO”
P20130022000.221-GA
“THIS IS MOUNT RUNDLE, AT BANFF, THE FIRST YEAR- THE SECOND YEAR MAYBE. THIS IS THE SECOND YEAR.”
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“THEY’D GIVE US, FOR EXERCISE, ONE OF THE MASTERPIECES, AND WE HAD TO DO SOMETHING WITH THE SAME COMPOSITION OTHER THAN WHAT WAS IN IT. I THINK THIS WAS PEOPLE GROUPED AROUND, AND I USED FLOWERS AND TREES.”
P20130022000.223-GA
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“ANOTHER AT BANFF. I LOVED PAINTING AT BANFF – BEAUTIFUL PLACES.”
P20130022000.225-GA
“… JUST PARTLY FINISHED”
P20130022000.226-GA
“THIS IS THE LEBARON GIRL.”
P20130022000.227-GA
“THAT WAS A WILDFLOWER – GOLDENROD. ONE SUMMER - I SPENT ONE SUMMER PLANTING WILDFLOWERS. DAD WENT WITH ME AND WE HUNTED…”
P20130022000.229-GA
“THIS WAS PRESIDENT DILWORTH YOUNG’S SCOUT CAMP. HE HAD AN ACREAGE AROUND HIS HOME THAT HE USED WHEN HE WAS A PROFESSIONAL SCOUTER. HE HAD LITTLE HUTS AROUND ON THE HILL, AND THIS WAS ONE OF THE TREES.”
P20130022000.230-GA
“THIS WAS FLOWERS, AND I PUT PEOPLE IN INSTEAD.”
P20130022000.231-GA
“THAT WAS COMING FROM CONFERENCE SOMEWHERE.”
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“THIS IS THE PLACE WHERE PRESIDENT JOHN TAYLOR WAS BAPTIZED ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF TORONTO. I NEVER FINISHED IT BECAUSE IT GOT BLACK ON IT, BUT I PAINTED SEVERAL FROM IT. I DON’T MIND PAINTING FROM MY OWN SKETCHES, BUT I DON’T LIKE PAINTING FROM ANYBODY ELSE’S.”
P20130022000.233-GA
“THIS IS THE FARM – THE CHURCH FARM – AT EL CUMORAH. IT’S NOT ON THE HILL – IT’S ACROSS THE HILL FROM CUMORAH, AND THAT’S WHERE OUR FRIEND’S, THE SMITHS, LIVED WHEN THEY WERE THERE.”
P20130022000.234-GA
“OUR FIRST VIEW OF THE SUSQUEHANNA RIVER WHEN WE WENT DOWN THERE IN 1959.”
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“WILDFLOWERS. THERE’S A NICE ONE [P20130022000.237], AN ICELAND ALPINE LILY.”
P20130022000.238-GA
“MR. A.Y. JACKSON DID THAT ONE TO SHOW ME HOW HE WOULD DO WATERCOLOURS.”
P20130022000.239-GA
“THIS IS OUT IN JACKSON COUNTY SOMEWHERE.”
P20130022000.240-GA
“I THINK THOSE WERE VERENA’S AFRICAN DAISIES.”
P20130022000.242-GA
“THAT ONE WAS DONE WITH THE COLOURED PENCILS AND THEN PAINTED OVER WITH WATER.”
P20130022000.243-GA
“THIS WAS THE NIAGARA PENINSULA IN SPRING. IT WAS JUST ABLOOM WITH TREES. IT WAS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL PLACE IN THE SPRING, IN APPLE BLOSSOM TIME. MANY PEOPLE CAME TO SEE IT.”
P20130022000.244-GA
“THIS IS A PASTEL”
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“THIS IS MY FIRST IRIS, AND I GOT A PRIZE ON THAT AT THE FAIR. FOR YEARS, I SWEPT THE PRIZE BOARDS AT THE FAIRS AND AT THE STAMPEDE EXHIBITIONS TOO.”
P20130022000.247-GA
“THIS IS MY FIRST APPLE BLOSSOMS.”
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“I DID THIS AT FLATHEAD WHEN WE WERE OUT THERE…”
SEE PERMANENT FILE FOR FULL INTERVIEW TRANSCRIPT.

ORIGINAL PAINTING DEPICTING FIVE SCENES OF LETHBRIDGE AND AREA HISTORY. ABORIGINAL AMERICANS AND BUFFALO, TITLED "BUFFALO HUNT". MOUNTED POLICE ENTERING FORT, TITLED "FORT WHOOP-UP". MINERS, MINING CART, TWO MINE PORTALS TITLED "COAL MINING" AND SWANS, POND AND BUILDING TITLED "JAPANESE GARDENS". TWO SCENES UPPER PORTION OF CARD AND TWO SCENES LOWER PORTION OF CARD DIVIDED BY FIFTH SCENE OF HIGH LEVEL CPR BRIDGE WITH TRAIN TAKING WIDTH OF CARD. A PASTED PORTION IN FORM OF AN EMBELLISHED BANNER STATES "LETHBRIDGE 100 YEARS ALBERTA 1885 1985". ALSO APPEARING ON BANNER ARE FROM LEFT TO RIGHT A CROSSED PICK AND SHOVEL, A BUFFALO, A TRAIN LOCOMOTIVE. INSIDE CARD SIGNATURES OF DIGNITARIES AND COMPANY PERSONS INCLUDING SENATOR JOYCE FAIRBAIRN, MAYOR ANDY ANDERSON, RONALD JACOBSON, PRESIDENT LETHBRIDGE CENTENNIAL. CARD MESSAGE "HAPPY 100TH BIRTHDAY, LETHBRIDGE, WITH OUR BEST WISHES HALLMARK CARDS".

*UPDATE* IN 2015 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT JANE EDMUNDSON CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF ART OBJECTS. THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION WAS FOUND IN A LETTER WRITTEN BY DEBORAH CHENERY, CO-ORDINATOR OF THE LETHBRIDGE CENTENNIAL SOCIETY, TO THE MAYOR'S OFFICE: "THE HALLMARK CARD COMPANY HAS HAD FOUR OF THEIR ARTISTS PAINT A CARD... DEDICATED TO THE CITY OF LETHBRIDGE TO COMMEMORATE THE CENTENNIAL. THIS IS AN ORIGINAL PAINTING DEPICTING THE HISTORY OF THE AREA, INCLUDING THE INDIANS, BUFFALO, RAILROAD BRIDGE, AND JAPANESE GARDENS. ARRANGEMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE WITH HALLMARK CARDS TO MAKE THE PRESENTATION TO THE CITY REPRESENTATIVE ON WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1985 AT NOON, DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF THE HALLMARK CARD SHOP LOCATED IN THE MAGRATH MARKET MALL... ALDERMAN DON LEBARON WILL ACCEPT THE CARD ON BEHALF OF THE CITY."
SEE PERMANENT FILE FOR HARDCOPY OF LETTER.

DRAWN BY ART POTVIN, & SIGNED. BATTLE OCCURED IN 1877.
*UPDATE* IN 2014 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT JANE EDMUNDSON CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF ART OBJECTS. BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE ARTIST, ART POTVIN, WAS NOT FOUND, BUT AN ARTICLE FROM THE APRIL 12, 1983 ISSUE OF THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD LISTS POTVIN AS THE HEAD OF THE TECHNICAL SERVICES PROJECT PLANNING BRANCH OF THE ALBERTA AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT'S IRRIGATION DIVISION. POTVIN WAS INVOLVED WITH THE COMPLETION OF AN AERIAL LAND IMAGE MAPPING DATABANK THAT COVERED SEVEN MILLION ACRES OF LAND, INCLUDING THE OLDMAN RIVER AND SURROUNDING AREAS, SOME OF WHICH ARE DEPICTED IN THIS MAP.
SEE PERMANENT FILE FOR HARDCOPY OF THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD ARTICLE.

EXACT SCRATCH BUILT TO SCALE MODEL REPLICATING CONSTRUCTION EVENT OF THE CP HIGH LEVEL BRIDGE (1907-1909). MODEL DEPICTS SMALL PORTION OF BRIDGE (BENTS 20, 21, 22 AND 23) UNDER CONSTRUCTION. SECTIONS OF THE ROOF AND WALLS OF THE ERECTION TRAVELLER (CRANE) ARE VISIBLE IN ORDER THAT INTERIOR DETAIL CAN BE SEEN. MODEL CONTAINS APPROXIAMTELY 5000 PIECES. SEE HARDCOPY FOR DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF MODEL.

VIADUCT MODEL WAS CONSTRUCTED BY R.J.D. (BOB) GARDNER, P. ENG. HE WAS A PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER AT LETHBRIDGE IRON WORKS UNTIL HIS RETIREMENT IN 1989. THE MODEL TOOK APPROXIMATELY 2000 HOURS TO BUILD AND WAS COMPLETED BY AUGUST, 1994 IN TIME TO COMPETE AT THE NATIONAL MODEL RAILROAD ASSOCIATION'S INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION IN PORTLAND OREGON. GARDNER RECEIVED FOUR TROPHIES FOR HIS MODEL. SEE HARDCOPY FOR EXTENSIVE HISTORY ON GARDNER AND MODEL'S CONSTRUCTION.

WOOD FRAME WITH PRINT OF QUEEN VICTORIA. WOOD FRAME IS RECTANGULAR WITH DOVETAIL JOINTS. EACH PIECE OF FRAME HAS LOW SCROLL WORK PATTERN IN WOOD AND IS PAINTED GOLD WHICH IS WORN AND SCRATCHED. FRAME HAS FLAT PANE OF GLASS TO COVER PRINT. PRINT IS SURROUNDED BY RECTANGULAR GREEN WITH YELLOW HIGHLIGHT CARDBOARD MAT. PRINT IS OF QUEEN VICTORIA AND IS IN COLOR. THE PRINT IS OF AN ELDERLY QUEEN WITH WHITE LACE HEAD PIECE. A BROWN CAMEO HANGS FROM HER LEFT ARM AND IN HER HANDS IS A FOLDED PAPER FAN.

PRINT WAS OWNED BY DONOR'S PARENTS WHO MOVED TO LETHBRIDGE IN 1907 FROM NOVA SCOTIA. HER FAMILY SETTLED IN PICTURE BUTTE BY 1912. DONOR REMEMBERS THE PRINT HANGING IN HER MOTHER'S BEDROOM.
*UPDATE* IN 2014 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT JANE EDMUNDSON CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF ART OBJECTS. THE FOLLOWING BRIEF HISTORY OF THE LANDRY FAMILY WAS DEVELOPED WITH INFORMATION FROM THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD OBITUARIES OF EDWARD AND EMMA LANDRY, AND THEIR DAUGHTER HELEN GRAHAM, THE DONOR OF THIS PRINT. EDWARD A. LANDRY WAS BORN IN NOVA SCOTIA AND CAME TO SOUTHERN ALBERTA C.1907 WITH HIS WIFE EMMA, WHO WAS ALSO BORN IN EASTERN CANADA. INITIALLY EDWARD WORKED IN MINES AROUND PICTURE BUTTE, AND LATER ACQUIRED A FARM NEAR IRON SPRINGS. EDWARD AND EMMA HAD FIVE DAUGHTERS AND THREE SONS. EDWARD WAS A MEMBER OF THE MASONS AND THE FAMILY BELONGED TO THE UNITED CHURCH. EDWARD PASSED AWAY ON FEBRUARY 17, 1928 ON THE FARM, AND EMMA FOLLOWED ON AUGUST 5, 1963 AT THE AGE OF 85. THE DONOR, HELEN GRAHAM, WAS BORN IN LETHBRIDGE IN 1909, SHORTLY AFTER THE FAMILY'S ARRIVAL IN ALBERTA. SHE GREW UP IN AND AROUND PICTURE BUTTE, AND ATTENDED HIGH SCHOOL IN LETHBRIDGE. HELEN MARRIED AUSTIN W. GRAHAM AND THEY HAD TWO SONS, DAVID AND LANNY. SHE WAS EMPLOYED BY THE HUDSON BAY AND T. EATON STORES IN LETHBRIDGE. HELEN GRAHAM PASSED AWAY ON AUGUST 20, 2007.
SEE PERMANENT FILE FOR HARDCOPIES OF OBITUARIES.

COMMEMORATION OF CITY'S CENTENNIAL, DONATED ON BEHALF OF CITY BY FORMER MAYOR A.C. ANDERSON WHO WAS MAYOR DURING 1985 CENTENNIAL YEAR.
*UPDATE* IN 2014 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT JANE EDMUNDSON COMPILED THE FOLLOWING BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION ABOUT A. C. ANDERSON FROM GALT ARCHIVES RECORD 20061053009:
"ANDREW CHARLES (ANDY) ANDERSON WAS BORN IN 1909 IN SHABBONA, ILLINOIS, THE ELDEST OF SIX CHILDREN OF CHARLES ERIC AND BERTHA ANDERSON (NEE OSTERVIG). THE ANDERSON FAMILY MOVED TO CHAMPION, ALBERTA IN 1912. ANDY ANDERSON WORKED ON THE FAMILY FARM UNTIL 1930, A YEAR AFTER HIS FATHER’S DEATH. HE THEN DECIDED TO LEAVE THE FARM AND ENTER THE UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA.
IN 1934 MR. ANDERSON GRADUATED FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA WITH A PHM.C. (PHARMACEUTICAL CHEMIST) DEGREE. HE APPRENTICED WITH J.D. HENDERSON IN CHAMPION, AND THEN MOVED TO LETHBRIDGE WHERE HE WAS EMPLOYED BY THE R.J. KITSON PHARMACY FOR 14 YEARS. IN 1948 MR. ANDERSON ESTABLISHED ANDERSON’S MEDICAL DENTAL PHARAMCY. THE PHARMACY STILL OPERATES UNDER THE OWNERSHIP OF MR. ANDERSON’S SON MURRAY.
ANDY ANDERSON MARRIED HIS WIFE RHETA IN 1938 IN CHAMPION. AS WELL AS THEIR SON MURRAY, THE ANDERSONS HAD A DAUGHTER MARILYN (MARRIED LEW HUTCHISON).
ANDY ANDERSON ENTERED PUBLIC LIFE IN 1950 WHEN HE WAS ELECTED TO THE LETHBRIDGE PUBLIC SCHOOL BOARD (LPSB). HE SERVED ON THE LPSB FOR 14 YEARS AND WAS ITS CHAIRMAN IN 1954, 1958 AND 1962. IN 1964, ANDY ANDERSON WAS ELECTED TO LETHBRIDGE CITY COUNCIL AND SERVED AS AN ALDERMAN UNTIL 1968. IN MARCH 1968 MR. ANDERSON BECAME THE MAYOR OF LETHBRIDGE WHEN HE CHOSEN FOR THE POSITION BY THE OTHER MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL FOLLOWING MAYOR FRANK SHERRING’S RESIGNATION ON 5 MARCH 1968. ANDY ANDERSON BECAME THE LONGEST SERVING MAYOR IN LETHBRIDGE HISTORY, RETIRING FROM OFFICE IN 1986. HE WON FOUR MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS, AND WAS ACCLAIMED MAYOR TWICE AS WELL.
AS WELL AS HIS POLITICAL CAREER AND PHARMACY BUSINESS, MR. ANDERSON WAS INVOLVED WITH A WIDE RANGE OF COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS AS WELL. AMONG THEM ARE THE LETHBRIDGE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, ST. MICHAEL’S HOSPITAL ADVISORY BOARD, UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE SENATE AND BOARD OF GOVERNORS, LETHBRIDGE RECREATION COMMISSION, THE COMMUNITY CHEST, SOUTHMINSTER UNITED CHURCH, ROYAL CANADIAN SEA CADET CORPS, CANADIAN WESTERN NATURAL GAS, MASONIC LODGE NO. 39, THE KINSMEN CLUB, THE ROTARY CLUB, INDEPENDENT ORDER OF ODD FELLOWS (IOOF), CHINOOK CLUB AND THE BENEVOLENT AND PROTECTIVE ORDER OF ELKS (BPOE). HE WAS ALSO AN HONOURARY MEMBER OF THE LETHBRIDGE AND DISTRICT HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY, GENERAL STEWART BRANCH NO. 4 ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION, AND THE POLISH COMBATANTS ASSOCIATION.
ANDY ANDERSON ALSO SERVED AS A MEMBER OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL OF THE CANADIAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, THE PROVINCIAL MUNICIPAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE, THE EXECUTIVE OF THE CANADIAN FEDERATION OF MAYORS AND MUNICIPALITIES, THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION AUTHORITY COMMITTEE, HONOURARY PRESIDENT OF ST. JOHN AMBULANCE, AND AS THE HONOURARY COLONEL OF THE 20TH INDEPENDENT FIELD BATTERY RCA.
AMONG THE AWARDS AND HONOURS ANDY ANDERSON RECEIVED DURING HIS LIFE WERE A PAUL HARRIS FELLOWSHIP FROM ROTARY INTERNATIONAL; CERTIFICATE OF MERIT FROM THE ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION; GOOD CITIZENSHIP AWARD FROM THE IOOF; CITIZEN OF THE YEAR AWARD FROM THE JAYCEES (1985); AWARD OF EXCELLENCE FROM THE ALBERTA URBAN MUNICIPALITIES ASSOCIATION (1983); MERITORIUS SERVICE AWARD FROM THE CANADIAN PHARMACEUTICAL ASSOCIATION (1977); ROBINS COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARD (1963); THE QUEEN’S MEDAL (1977); BROTHER OF THE ORDER OF ST. JOHN (1983), LATER PROMOTED TO OFFICER; HONOURARY DOCTOR OF LAWS DEGREE FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE (1985); AND A MEMBER OF THE ORDER OF CANADA (1985).
ANDREW CHARLES ANDERSON DIED ON 23 APRIL 1996 AND IS BURIED IN MOUNTAIN VIEW CEMETERY, LETHBRIDGE. HIS WIFE RHETA DIED IN 2011 AND IS BURIED IN MOUNTAIN VIEW CEMETERY AS WELL.
[SOURCE: ARCHIVES VERTICAL FILE, "PEOPLE, IDENTIFIED - A"]
SEE PERMANENT FILE FOR MORE INFORMATION.

PAINTED BY ROBERT BARROWMAN, BORN IN SCOTLAND, EMIGRATED TO PETERBOROUGH, ONT., MOVED TO LETHBRIDGE AND STARTED CITY SIGN WORKS IN 1909. MAYOR OF LETHBRIDGE 1928-34, UNDER NEW MANAGERIAL FORM OF CITY GOVT., PRES. ALBERTA LIBERAL PARTY FOR SEVERAL YEARS, SOLD BUSINESS TO NIGEL HALL AND MIKE PISKO IN MID-1940'S, DIED FEB. 1947 AT 62 YEARS OF AGE.
*UPDATE* IN 2014 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT JANE EDMUNDSON CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF ART OBJECTS. THE FOLLOWING BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION ON THE ARTIST, ROBERT BARROWMAN, WAS DEVELOPED WITH INFORMATION FROM RECORD P20010027000 AND A TRIBUTE ARTICLE FROM THE FEBRUARY 18, 1947 ISSUE OF THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD. ROBERT BARROWMAN WAS BORN NEAR GLASGOW, SCOTLAND IN 1881. HE BEGAN CREATING ART AT AN EARLY AGE WHEN HE SKETCHED MANY SCENES OF HIS NATIVE LAND. HE WAS EMPLOYED ON THE CLYDE FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS IN SHIPBUILDING BEFORE LEAVING SCOTLAND IN 1907. BARROWMAN TRAVELLED TO CANADA AND SECURED EMPLOYMENT WITH THE BLUE RIBBON TEA COMPANY IN TORONTO. AFTERWARDS, HE WENT TO PETERBOROUGH WHERE HE WORKED WITH A FIRM NAMED TURNER'S, AS A PAINTER OF SIGNS AND MANUFACTURER OF TENTS AND AWNINGS. TRAVELLING WEST, BARROWMAN STOPPED FOR A SHORT TIME IN SASKATOON AND ARRIVED IN LETHBRIDGE IN 1910. HE PURCHASED THE CITY SIGN WORKS WHICH HAD BEEN STARTED TWO YEARS EARLIER. IN 1912 BARROWMAN MARRIED CATHARINE SHEARER OF LETHBRIDGE, AND TOGETHER THEY HAD THREE DAUGHTERS: MAY, DEVINA, AND VICTORIA. IN 1920 BARROWMAN ADDED TO HIS BUSINESS HOLDINGS BY PURCHASING THE LETHBRIDGE POSTING CO. WHICH CONTROLLED SIGNBOARDS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. HE WAS THE FIRST ELECTED AS AN ADVISORY COMMISSIONER IN 1924, SERVING IN THAT CAPACITY IN THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER UNTIL 1928. IN THAT YEAR HE WAS ELECTED AS AN ALDERMAN AND BECAME THE FIRST MAYOR UNDER THE NEW CITY MANAGER FORM OF GOVERNMENT. HE SERVED CONTINUOUSLY AS MAYOR UNTIL 1934 WHEN HE WITHDREW FROM CITY POLITICS. HE THEN TURNED TO PROVINCIAL POLITICS, BEING ACTIVE IN AFFAIRS OF THE LIBERAL PARTY. BARROWMAN WAS ELECTED PRESIDENT OF THE ALBERTA LIBERAL ASSOCIATION AND SERVED IN THAT CAPACITY DURING THE DAYS OF THE SOCIAL CREDIT LANDSLIDE IN 1935. HE RAN TWICE AS THE LIBERAL CANDIDATE FOR LETHBRIDGE CONSTITUENCY IN PROVINCIAL ELECTIONS, BUT WAS DEFEATED BOTH TIMES.
BARROWMAN WAS ALSO INVOLVED IN MANY CIVIC BOARDS AND ORGANIZATIONS INCLUDING THE CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY, THE GALT HOSPITAL BOARD, THE LETHBRIDGE AQUATIC CLUB, THE LETHBRIDGE BOARD OF TRADE, THE LETHBRIDGE ROTARY CLUB, THE OLD LETHBRIDGE PLAYGOERS' CLUB, THE LETHBRIDGE SKETCH CLUB, AND ST. ANDREW'S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. ROBERT BARROWMAN PASSED AWAY IN THE GALT HOSPITAL ON FEBRUARY 18, 1947 OF CARDIAC ARREST AFTER A PROLONGED ILLNESS.

CONSISTS OF A CUT-OUT BLACK EAGLE, SITTING ON A RED CROSS. THE EAGLE HAS A WHITE SWASTIKA ON ITS CHEST. THE CUTOUT IS MOUNTED ON A WHITE BACKGROUND. A LABEL ABOVE EAGLE READS "NAZI GERMANY 1933-1945". LABELS BELOW EAGLE READ "2. GERMAN RED CROSS OFFICIAL INSIGNIA WW II" "TAKEN FROM MEDICAL CHART P.O.W. CAMP, LETHBRIDGE, ALTA. 1946" "COLLECTION OF MIKE PROKOP". PICTURE IS FRAMED IN A PAINTED WOOD FRAME. HAS BROWN PAPER BACKING, STAMPED WITH "THE FRAMEWORKERS" ADDRESS. HAS TWO EYES WITH A WIRE ATTACHED TO THEM FOR HANGING.

DONOR RECOVERED THE CUT OUT EAGLE FROM P.O.W. CAMP 133 IN LETHBRIDGE, MONTHS AFTER THE EVACUATION OF THE CAMP. IT CAME FROM A DESERTED MEDICAL BUILDING. DONOR WAS 13 AT THE TIME, AND LIVED ONLY BLOCKS FROM THE CAMP.
*UPDATE* IN 2014 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT JANE EDMUNDSON CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF MILITARY OBJECTS, INCLUDING THOSE DONATED BY MIKE PROKOP. INFORMATION ABOUT THE DONOR WAS RETREIVED FROM HIS FUNERAL PROGRAM: "MIKE PROKOP, BELOVED HUSBAND OF LYDIA PROKOP OF LETHBRIDGE PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY AFTER A LENGTHY ILLNESS ON MONDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2004 AT THE AGE OF 71 YEARS... MIKE WORKED MANY YEARS AT LETHBRIDGE BATTERY PRIOR TO OPERATING HIS OWN BUSINESS, GENERAL TOY & HOBBY CRAFT. MIKE WAS A MEMBER OF THE 32ND TECH SQUADRON R.C.E.M.E. AND THE 18TH INDEPENDENT FIELD BATTERY REGIMENT... HE ALSO DEVOTED MANY YEARS TO THE ROYAL CANADIAN SEA CADET CORP AS COMMANDING OFFICER AND BAND INSTRUCTOR. HE WAS A LIFETIME MEMBER OF THE ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION SERVING AS POPPY CHAIRMAN AND FIRST VICE."
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, SEE PERMANENT FILE.
*UPDATE* IN 2014 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT JANE EDMUNDSON DEVELOPED THE FOLLOWING BRIEF HISTORY OF PRISONER OF WAR CAMP 133 WITH INFORMATION FROM THE GALT MUSEUM BROCHURE "LETHBRDGE'S INTERNMENT CAMPS" AND THE LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES CANADA WEBSITE. DURING WORLD WAR II THERE WERE 40 PRISONER OF WAR (P.O.W.) CAMPS CONSTRUCTED ACROSS CANADA TO HOUSE THE LARGE NUMBER OF INCOMING POWS - ENEMY MILITARY PERSONNEL THAT WERE CAPTURED IN COMBAT. CAMPS WERE BUILT IN ONTARIO, QUEBEC, THE MARITIMES AND ALBERTA. THE CAMPS IN LETHBRIDGE AND MEDICINE HAT WERE THE LARGEST, TOGETHER HOUSING 22,000 MEN. THE LETHBRIDGE CAMP, NO. 133, WAS BUILT IN THE SUMMER OF 1942, AND BY NOVEMBER OF THAT YEAR HOUSED 13,341 PRISONERS. THE CAMP WAS DIVIDED INTO SIX SECTIONS, EACH WITH SIX DORMITORIES, MESS HALLS, KITCHENS, AND ENTERTAINMENT FACILITIES. MEALS WERE IN SHIFTS WITH PRISONERS SERVING AS COOKS. TAILOR, BARBER AND SHOE REPAIR SHOPS WERE ALSO STAFFED BY PRISONERS, AND NON-COMBAT POWS PRACTICED THEIR PRE-WAR PROFESSIONS AS MEDICAL DOCTORS AND DENTISTS. HOUSING AND RATIONS WERE THE SAME STANDARD AS FOR THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES, WHICH SOMETIMES CAUSED RESENTMENT AMONG LETHBRIDGE CIVILIAN RESIDENTS, WHO WERE UNABLE TO OBTAIN MANY OF THE SAME SUPPLIES ON THEIR STRICT WARTIME RATION ALLOWANCES. WITH MANY YOUNG LOCAL MEN AWAY AT WAR, LOCAL FARMERS BEGAN TO REQUEST LABOUR ASSISTANCE FROM THE CAMP, ESPECIALLY FOR THE SUGAR BEET INDUSTRY. BY 1943 AN AGREEMENT WAS REACHED AND SOME OF THE PRISONERS WORKED ON FARMS THROUGHOUT SOUTHERN ALBERTA. MOST OF THESE PRISONERS WENT FROM THE CAMP TO THE FARMS DAILY, BUT SOME WERE KEPT AT 'LODGES' AT THE MORE DISTANT FARMS FOR DAYS AT A TIME, WITH MINIMAL GUARDING. FOR THEIR LABOUR, THE PRISONERS WERE PAID 50 CENTS PER DAY. WITH WAR'S END, CAMP 133 CLOSED IN DECEMBER 1946 AND ITS PRISONERS WERE SENT BACK TO GERMANY. THE AREA WHERE THE CAMP STOOD EVENTUALLY BECAME AN INDUSTRIAL PARK AND PART OF THE FEDERAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTRE.

OVAL SHAPED MEDALLION DISPLAYS HIGHLEVEL BRIDGE AND TRAIN WITH SMOKE. MEDALLION HAS BEEN CAST IN MOLD OUT OF LEAD AND IS MARKED BY ARTIST ON BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER OF OBVERSE. LEATHER CORD SECURED TO TOP OF MEDALLION WITH COMMEMORATIVE TAG, "...LIMITED EDITION MEDALLIONS MADE BY ALEX PAVLENKO".

MEDALLION PRESENTED TO MUSEUM AS GIFT FROM SHOPPING CENTRE. CENTRE WAS GRATEFUL FOR MUSEUM'S PARTICIPATION IN 1999 CHRISTMAS DISPLAY IN ATRIUM OF MALL. MUSEUM PROVIDED ARTIFACTS FOR RAILROAD THEMED EXHIBIT. OF SPECIAL INTEREST WAS EXHIBITION OF GALT'S RAILWAY FOREMAN CAR WHICH HAD NOT BEEN ON DISPLAY FOR 38 YEARS.

BY DONORS' FATHER, EDWARD FREDRIC HAGELL (1895-1964).
DRAWING REMOVED FROM FRAME MARCH, 2010.
*UPDATE* IN 2014 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT JANE EDMUNDSON CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF ART OBJECTS, INCLUDING THE VARIOUS DONATIONS PERTAINING TO EDWARD FREDERICK HAGELL. SEE RECORD P19960053001 FOR AN EXTENDED BIOGRAPHY OF THE ARTIST; SEE PERMANENT FILES P19960053001, P20040009001, P20060027001, P20070008001, AND P20070012001 FOR NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS, DETAILS ON PAST GALT DIRECTOR/CURATOR WILMA WOOD'S BOOK ON THE ARTIST, AND CORRESPONDANCE WITH THE HAGELL FAMILY.

*UPDATE* IN 2014 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT JANE EDMUNDSON CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF ART OBJECTS, INCLUDING THE VARIOUS DONATIONS PERTAINING TO EDWARD FREDERICK HAGELL. SEE RECORD P19960053001 FOR AN EXTENDED BIOGRAPHY OF THE ARTIST; SEE PERMANENT FILES P19960053001, P20040009001, P20060027001, P20070008001, AND P20070012001 FOR NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS, DETAILS ON PAST GALT DIRECTOR/CURATOR WILMA WOOD'S BOOK ON THE ARTIST, AND CORRESPONDENCE WITH THE HAGELL FAMILY.

WHITE PAPER, FOLDED IN HALF ALONG WIDTH. REPRODUCTION OF COLOR PAINTING, DEPICTING CATTLE AND COVERED WAGONS TRAVELING ACROSS PRAIRIES, GLUED TO FACE OF CARD. IN PENCIL BELOW PAINTING "SHIPS THAT PASSED ON AN OCEAN OF GRASS"; SIGNED "EF HAGELL". IN BLACK INK ON INSIDE: "GREETINGS 1954 TED AND CORA". EDGES CREASED; SOME DISCOLORING THROUGHOUT.
SEE ALSO CONDITION REPORT ON FILE.

*UPDATE* IN 2014 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT JANE EDMUNDSON CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF ART OBJECTS, INCLUDING THE VARIOUS DONATIONS PERTAINING TO EDWARD FREDERICK HAGELL. SEE RECORD P19960053001 FOR AN EXTENDED BIOGRAPHY OF THE ARTIST; SEE PERMANENT FILES P19960053001, P20040009001, P20060027001, P20070008001, AND P20070012001 FOR NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS, DETAILS ON PAST GALT DIRECTOR/CURATOR WILMA WOOD'S BOOK ON THE ARTIST, AND CORRESPONDENCE WITH THE HAGELL FAMILY.

CLEAR PLASTIC RECTANGULAR BOX. CONTAINS BLACK TURTLE WITH MOVING HEAD AND FRONT FEET (MOUNTED ON SPRINGS INTERNALLY). BOTTOM OF BOX IS COLORED BROWN AND GREEN; CHIPPING. RED AND GREEN FLORAL PATTERN PAINTED ON TOP OF BOX. ALL EDGES COVERED IN ADHESIVE TAPE. SIDE PANELS OF BOX ARE GLASS.

BELONGED TO DONOR'S AUNT, MAMIE GIBSON. TURTLE CAME FROM ORIENT; BROUGHT WITH DONOR'S AUNT FROM ENGLAND AROUND 1908-1910. DONOR'S FATHER WAS CHRIS GIBSON. HE WORKED IN 1912 FOR THE ALBERTA RAILWAY & IRRIGATION CO., THEN IN 1913 BECAME AN INSPECTOR FOR THE DOMINION WEIGHTS & MEASURES OFFICE, FOR 35 YEARS. HE ENLISTED IN THE FIRST WORLD WAR AS A PAYMASTER. HE LATER OPERATED THE CITY ZOO. GIBSON'S COMMUNITY SERVICE INCLUDED TREASURER, ALLIED ARTS COUNCIL; AND (FOUNDING) MEMBER OF THE JOHN HOWARD SOCIETY, THE RED CROSS, THE SCOUTS, THE PLAYGOERS OF LETHBRIDGE, THE GALT HOSPITAL, THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY, THE ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION, THE PEMMICAN CLUB, AND THE MASONIC LODGE IN LETHBRIDGE.
*UPDATE* IN 2016 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT RUTHANN LABLANCE CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF CLOTHING, INCLUDING A STOLE DONATED BY DORIS BALCOVSKE. THE FOLLOWING BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION WAS COMPILED USING ARTICLES FROM THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD.
DORIS BALCOVSKE (NEE GIBSON) IS THE DAUGHTER OF CHRISTIAN GIBSON AND LINDA VICTORIA GIBSON (MAIDEN NAME UNKNOWN).
LINDA VICTORIA GIBSON (MAIDEN NAME UNKNOWN) WAS BORN IN SOMERSETSHIRE, ENGLAND ON SEPTEMBER 5, 1886 AND WAS MARRIED IN EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND ON JUNE 29, 1918 TO CHRISTIAN GIBSON. SHE MOVED TO LETHBRIDGE IN SEPTEMBER 1919. ACCORDING TO HER OBITUARY, LINDA WAS INVOLVED IN NUMEROUS ORGANIZATIONS THROUGHOUT LETHBRIDGE INCLUDING: “THE MAJOR JACK ROSS CHAPTER OF THE IODE, PAST REGENT OF THE MUNICIPAL CHAPTER OF THE IODE, A FORMER MEMBER OF THE EASTERN STAR, A FORMER MEMBER OF LOBA, AN HONOURARY MEMBER OF THE BETA SIGMA PHI SOCIETY, A MEMBER OF THE LOCAL COUNCIL OF GIRL GUIDES, CANADIAN RED CROSS, AND ST. AUGUSTINE’S WA.” LINDA PASSED AWAY AT THE AGE OF 78 IN AUGUST 1965.
CHRISTIAN “CHRIS” GIBSON WAS BORN IN BELFAST, IRELAND IN 1887, WAS RAISED AND EDUCATED IN THE LONDON, ENGLAND AREA, AND ARRIVED IN LETHBRIDGE, AB IN JUNE 1908. HE HELD A NUMBER OF POSITIONS AFTER HIS ARRIVAL IN THE CITY, INCLUDING: DISTRICT CLERK FOR ALBERTA RAILWAYS AND IRRIGATION COMPANY; MANAGER OF FAIR GROUNDS FOR THE WORLD DRY FARMING CONGRESS IN 1912; OPERATOR OF THE CITY ZOO; A POSITION WITH THE WEIGHTS AND MEASURES OFFICE, WHICH INVOLVED TESTING SCALES AND GASOLINE PUMPS THROUGHOUT THE SOUTH. UPON HIS ARRIVAL IN THE CITY, CHRIS ALSO JOINED THE MILITIA AND IN 1914 ENLISTED WITH THE 20TH BATTERY, CANADIAN FIELD ARTILLERY. HE SERVED FOR 5 YEARS AS PAYMASTER, EVENTUALLY REACHING THE RANK OF CAPTAIN. IN 1930, CHRIS RECEIVED THE VICTORIA DECORATION, FOR LONG SERVICE AS AN OFFICER. CHRIS AND LINDA WERE BOTH HEAVILY INVOLVED IN THE LETHBRIDGE BRANCH OF THE RED CROSS. CHRIS PASSED AWAY AT THE AGE OF 83 ON MARCH 26, 1971. HE WAS SURVIVED BY HIS SISTER, MAMIE GRACE ELLEN GIBSON.
MAMIE GRACE ELLEN GIBSON WAS BORN IN THE COUNTY OF SURREY, ENGLAND ON JULY 29, 1892, THE ONLY DAUGHTER OF JOHN ANDREW AITKEN GIBSON AND LOUISA MARIA GIBSON (MAIDEN NAME UNKNOWN). IN 1910, SHE MOVED WITH HER PARENTS AND HER BROTHER FRED TO JOIN HER OTHER BROTHER CHRISTIAN. HER FATHER PASSED AWAY IN 1912 AND HER MOTHER IN 1943. MAMIE PASSED AT THE AGE OF 102 ON NOVEMBER 11, 1994.
SEE PERMANENT FILE FOR COPIES OF THE ARTICLES FROM THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD.
*UPDATE* IN 2018, COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT ELISE PUNDYK CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF BOXED TEXTILES AND ACCESSORIES, INCLUDING A PURSE AND HAIR ORNAMENTS DONATED BY DORIS BALCOVSKE. CONNECTIONS MADE WITH THE NEXT-OF-KIN TO ACQUIRE FURTHER ARTIFACT-SPECIFIC INFORMATION WERE UNSUCCESSFUL.
DORIS BALCOVSKE'S OBITUARY WAS FOUND ON THE CORNERSTONE FUNERAL HOME'S WEBPAGE. IT STATES THAT SHE WAS BORN IN LETHBRIDGE IN 1923. SHE WORKED FOR THE BANK OF MONTREAL FOLLOWING HIGH SCHOOL. SHE THEN WENT ON TO BECOME THE PROPRIETOR OF MARGO LADIES WEAR THROUGH THE 1950'S.
SHE MARRIED HERB BALCOVSKE AND TOGETHER THEY HAD SANDRA BALCOVSKE AND MARCIA TAYLOR.
DORIS PASSED AWAY ON 14 SEPTEMBER 2016 AT THE AGE OF 92 YEARS.
PLEASE SEE PERMANENT FILE P19980051003 FOR FULL OBITUARY.